All posts tagged "E. Jean Carroll"

The Supreme Court's rejection of President Donald Trump's request for a rehearing to overturn writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million civil judgment against him after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed her can't undo a string of court rulings that had favored the president, an analyst argued.

Salon's Alex Galbraith discussed on Wednesday how Chief Justice John Roberts and other justices handed Trump a rare loss — and "smoke screen."

Galbraith compared the Supreme Court to the Harlem Globetrotters performances, "getting caught up in the magic circle that surrounds Trump’s actions as president."...

A conservative lawyer explained that President Donald Trump waited years to make his key defense in a defamation case because he "forgot" it.

During an episode of The Illegal News, congressional candidate and former MAGA insider George Conway talked about Trump's case against E. Jean Carroll. The Trump administration's Solicitor General recently asked the Supreme Court to overturn Carroll's successful $83.3 million defamation lawsuit against Trump.

The Solicitor General is arguing that Trump isn't liable for the defamatory statements he made against Carroll because he was president when he made them....

President Donald Trump was furious with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, unleashing accusations against the justices.

Trump wrote his rant on his Truth Social platform and included several claims.

"Does anybody have any idea how much Money and Prestige the United States Supreme Court has cost our Nation with their negative Rulings on Birthright Citizenship and TARIFFS? The answer, TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS!" Trump wrote....

A MAGA commentator turned an entire table full of pundits against him for his attack on a foe of President Donald Trump.

Terry Schilling went after columnist E. Jean Carroll while debating Trump's request for the Supreme Court to hear his case to overturn her defamation victory. Carroll won an $83.3 million suit against Trump and a federal appeal after Trump attacked her for claiming he sexually assaulted her.

Schilling defended Trump by calling Carroll's suit "lawfare," saying, "No other president has had this type of lawfare thrown against them."...

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to overturn his defamation loss to E. Jean Carroll, per reports.

According to Axios and the New York Times, Trump's lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million loss to Carroll, the columnist who accused him of sexual assault.

Trump has denied Carroll's claim that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, but he lost Carroll's defamation suit and an appeal in federal court. Now, his lawyers are arguing he's entitled to presidential immunity because he was president when he made defamatory comments against Carroll, per reporting by Axios....

President Donald Trump on Tuesday demanded that writer E. Jean Carroll return the $5.6 million that a judge ordered him to pay her, according to reports.

The president's legal team was seeking an emergency injunction to order Carroll to give Trump back the payment that was issued on July 9 by a court-controlled escrow account, The Independent reported. Trump and his team have hoped that the Supreme Court could "grant him a legal Hail Mary and reverse the judgment, sending the money back to him."

A federal jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. ...